dictum
- Noun. An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
- Noun. A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
- Noun. The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
- Noun. An arbitrament or award.
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